Preston CofE Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Yeovil (Somerset).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Preston CofE Primary School is a Church of England primary school located in Yeovil, Somerset. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 419 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 420. It is part of the PRESTON PRIMARY ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Mrs Claire Hodgson.
Enrichment
7 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Choir
- Cookery (KS2)
- Dance Club Letter Jan 24.pdf
- Club List Sept 2023.pdf
- Letters and Sounds
- Oxford Reading Tree
- Forest School
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- ArtsmarkArts and culture
Key facts
- URN
- 140305
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (8 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Daniel Hutchinson | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2028 |
| Mr Andy Marchant Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by trustees | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Connie Musgrave | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Revd John Hanson | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Miss Gemma North | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Thomas Branch | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Wilson-Chalon | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Ami Purchase | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2023 | |
| Mrs Claire Hodgson Confirmed same person | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| The Revd David Keen Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Daniel Hutchinson Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Jack Green Former | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record